The Oral Approach and Situational Language
Teaching
 The origins of this approach began with the work of British
applied linguists in the 1920s and 1930s. Two of the
leaders in this movement were Harold Palmer and A. S
Hornbey, they attended to develop a more scientific
foundation for an oral approach to teaching English than
was evidenced in the direct method. “The result was a
systematic study of the principle and procedure that could
be applied to the selection and organization of the content
of a language course” (Palmer 1917, 1921)
 Language teaching begins with the spoken language.
 The target language is the language of classroom
 New language points are introduced and practice
situationally
 Vocabulary selection procedures are followed to ensure
that an essential general service vocabulary is covered
 Items of grammar are graded following the principle that
simple forms should be taught before complex ones
 Theory of language
The theory of language underlying SLT can be
characterized as a type of British structuralism
 Theory of learning
Palmer has pointed out, there are three processes in
learning a language receiving the knowledge or
materials, fixing it in the memory by repetition, and using
it in actual practice until become a personal skill.
 Objectives
 The syllabus
 Types of learning and teaching activities
 Learner roles
 Teacher roles
 The role of instructional materials
 procedures in SLT very according to the level of the
class, but proceClassroom dures at any level aim to
move from controlled to freer practice of structures
and from oral use of sentence patterns to their
automatic use in speech, reading, and writing.
1. Pronunciation
2. Revision
3. Presentation of new structure or vocabulary
4. Oral practice
 SLT emphasis on oral practice, grammar and sentence
pattern, conform to the intuitions of many language
teachers and offer a practical methodology suited to
countries where national EFL/ESL syllabuses continue
to be grammatically based it continues to be widely
used.
LENI WAHYUNI
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Oral approach by leni

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    The Oral Approachand Situational Language Teaching
  • 2.
     The originsof this approach began with the work of British applied linguists in the 1920s and 1930s. Two of the leaders in this movement were Harold Palmer and A. S Hornbey, they attended to develop a more scientific foundation for an oral approach to teaching English than was evidenced in the direct method. “The result was a systematic study of the principle and procedure that could be applied to the selection and organization of the content of a language course” (Palmer 1917, 1921)
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     Language teachingbegins with the spoken language.  The target language is the language of classroom  New language points are introduced and practice situationally  Vocabulary selection procedures are followed to ensure that an essential general service vocabulary is covered  Items of grammar are graded following the principle that simple forms should be taught before complex ones
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     Theory oflanguage The theory of language underlying SLT can be characterized as a type of British structuralism  Theory of learning Palmer has pointed out, there are three processes in learning a language receiving the knowledge or materials, fixing it in the memory by repetition, and using it in actual practice until become a personal skill.
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     Objectives  Thesyllabus  Types of learning and teaching activities  Learner roles  Teacher roles  The role of instructional materials
  • 6.
     procedures inSLT very according to the level of the class, but proceClassroom dures at any level aim to move from controlled to freer practice of structures and from oral use of sentence patterns to their automatic use in speech, reading, and writing.
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    1. Pronunciation 2. Revision 3.Presentation of new structure or vocabulary 4. Oral practice
  • 8.
     SLT emphasison oral practice, grammar and sentence pattern, conform to the intuitions of many language teachers and offer a practical methodology suited to countries where national EFL/ESL syllabuses continue to be grammatically based it continues to be widely used.
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